stalled......frustrated!

[Sky61777 21]

I was losing a pound a day then nothing. Been stuck at the same number all week. Getting frustrated and discouraged. What am I doing wrong?

[SMO 193]

More than likely, you are doing nothing wrong. I was sleeved 2/4 and I lost every day the first 15 days for a total of 18 pounds then nothing for the next 9 days. Very frustrating considering it is impossible for me to overeat! But, even though I was not losing during those 9 days, my clothes were getting more and more loose so something was happening. And then this morning, I got on the scale and I was down 2 pounds. Just keep doing what you are doing and the stall will break.

[stephaniekey 6]

I was sleeved om 1/28, exactly one month ago yesterday. I am stalled at 27lbs. BUT ALL IS STILL GREAT!!! This is not a sprint but a marathon!!

[COnative 192]

I was losing a pound a day then nothing. Been stuck at the same number all week. Getting frustrated and discouraged. What am I doing wrong?

Please don't get discouraged yet- this happens to almost everyone. Your body needs time to catch up to this weight loss. You are more than likely doing everything right and don't need to change a thing. I have hit so many plateaus that I lost count. I even had one that lasted a MONTH! So hang in there- that scale will be coming down again soon. Here is a great link that "Butterthebean" (a member on here) had on his signature that really helps. Check it out. http://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.html

[DianaE 128]

You are doing great! Patience and perserverence are the two words I think of most often with this weight loss journey. My 1st 2 - 3 weeks I weighed every day because it was so exciting to the pounds drop, but I soon went down to twice a week and now I am once a week. You might try to not focus on the scale so much, the weight is going to come off..

Good Luck!

[TheGamer 406]

Because our initial weight loss is so rapid, we get attached to what are, honestly, high and unrealistic numbers. Think about it, you said you're losing a pound a day. That's about 30 pounds a month. That's HUGE. Even for someone like me, who was high BMI, 30 pounds represented about 7-8% of my total body weight. Not my excess weight, my TOTAL weight. That's a little bit crazy to drop that much weight in a month, but we do. Eventually, though, it will slow down.

Stalls, plateaus, and other frustrations are a normal part of the process. Learn to be okay with the fact that sometimes, even when you do everything by the book, your body will have other ideas.

[gmanbat 5,889]

I was losing a pound or more a day, then 1/2 pound, then 1/3 pound, then less and less but what do you know...I arrived at my goal and fit into clothing that I could have only worn in my 20's!

In Orlando, at the highest traffic times of the year, Disney,Universal, Seaworld and huge outlets create a glacial speed parking lot on Interstate 4 and one lives with many stops. Patience is thrust upon you. I admittedly lose mine as witnessed by my relieving myself on the road shoulder with my back turned to the parade, before reaching an exit, it was an explosive situation, a urinary emergency, modesty got ran over.

My family had a good laugh though.

Anyway, we still got where we were going after many, many, stops. So will you.